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ROLL FOR CIGAR MACHINES.

Patented May 5, 189.1.

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turn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER A. PEOK AND RICHARD A. BRIGHT, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND; SAID BRIGHT ASSIGNOR TO SAID PECK.

ROLL FOR CIGAR-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,736, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed February 15, 1890- Serial No. 340,597. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that We, WVALTER A. PEOK and RICHARD A. BRIGHT, citizens of the United States, residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rolls for Cigar-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved cigar-machine roll which will adapt the machine of which it forms a part to roll on both the binder and the wrapper; and our invention consists in a cigar-machine roll provided with an independently-movable end section connected to the main body of the roll by means of a spring-joint, which serves to hold the end section at its open position, whereby free access can be had to the head of the cigar without opening the main rolls of the cluster; and it also consists in the combination, with an end section which is thrown open from the head of the cigar-bunch'by a spring-joint, of means for holding theend section in inwardly-inclined position against the resilient opening action of the spring, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a partial side elevation of a cigar binding and wrapping machine provided with our improvement, the movable upper roll of the cluster being broken away at its end to show the construction of the springjoint. Fig. 2 represents the same view,showing a different arrangement for closing the end sections of the cluster-rolls to roll the wrapper upon the head of the inclosed bunch which has previously been provided with a binder in the same machine. Fig. 3 represents our improved movable end section as rolls A are held for rotation in suitable bearings in the fixed standard 13, at the upper part of which and in line with the central axis of the cluster is journaled the driving shaft 0, which is provided with thedrivinggear D. The upper roll A is held for rotation in a suitable bearing in the movable jaw E, and the upper and lower rolls of the cluster are each provided with an attached gear D, which engages with the driving-gear D. The forward end of the main portion 0" of each of the rolls is bored out, as shown at 'w, and tapped with a screw-thread, which conforms in its pitch to the pitch of the convolutions of the spiral spring b, and the end section F is also provided at its attaching base With a screw-threaded recess 0, adapted to fit the convolutions of the spiral spring I), the said spiral spring being screwed into the forward end of the main portion 1" of the roll Aand into the base of the end section F, thus forming a cigar-machine roll having a flexibly-jointed end section. We have preferred to make the attaching base of the end section in hemispherical form to fit a conportion 0" of the roll; but the position of the concave and convex fitting parts can be reversedthat is, the end of the portion '1" of the roll A may be made in spherical form, with the corresponding concavity in the end of the end sectionor, instead of this, a short space can be left between the ends of the roll and the end section sufficient to allow for the required angular movement of the said end section.

The recess 0 in the end of the end section F is made tapering, in order to provide sufficient space for the proper curvature of the spring when in the flexed condition, as shown in Fig. 2, and the resilience of the spring will serve to throw the end section F from the inward position shown in Fig. 2 to the outward position shown in Fig. 1, in line with the axis of the main portion 0' of the roll.

To provide means for holding the several end sections of the rolls of the cluster in the proper closed position for rolling on the wrapper, we in one form of construction support the outer ends of the end sections of the lower rolls A by means of a fixed standardG, so that the smaller ends of the said end sections will touch each other at the apex of the head of the cigar-bunch, and we provide a movable arm H, pivoted at the point d to the fixed cave socket 01 made in the end of the main arm I, which is attached to the roll-supporting movable jaw E of the machine, and upon the upper side of the fixed arm I is attached the flat spring 6, which bears against the fiat face f of the heel g of the movable arm H to hold the said arm in its raised position, and which in the lower position of the said arm, as shown by the dotted lines, will bear against the fiat face 1', the force exerted by the spring 6 being made sufficient to overcome the resilience of the spring I) and force the outer end of the end section F of the upper roll A to contact with the closed ends of the end sections of the lower rolls A, as shown by the dotted lines. \Vhen the movable arm H is raised, as shown, the binder can be rolled upon a bunch of inclosed cigar-fillers,the surplus binder running out over the head of the bunch, and by reason of the elevated position of the end section free access can be had to the head of the bunch for properly trimming off the surplus binder, and when the movable arm II is brought down, as shown by the dotted lines, thus forcing the end section F to' revolve in a position inclined to the axis of the main portion 0" of the roll A, the head of the cigar-bunch will be inolosed by the several end sections F of the cluster, and the wrapper can be properly rolled upon the bunch to form the point or tip of the cigar.

Instead of holding the end sections F of the lower rolls A stationary and moving only the upper end section, each of the several end sections can be moved inwardly against the action of the spring 19, as shown in Fig. 2, wherein J isa fixed standard, which supports a hand-operated sliding bolt K, provided at its forward end with an enlarged head 3', having a conically-recessed face is, the said bolt being pressed forward by means of the spiral spring Z and held in its rearward position against the forward action of the spring Z by means of the pin m, which engages with the holding-notch n upon an arm of the standard J, so that whenever the bolt K is drawn back by means of the knob or head 0 the pin m can enter the notch 02, thus holding the bolt K in its rearward position against the resilience of the spring Z and allowing the springs b to throw each of the end sections of the cluster to its outward position, so that a bunch of loose fillers inclosed by the cluster of rolls can be provided with a binder, after rolls for also rolling on the final wrapper to finish the cigar.

The application of our improved springjointed end section to a flexible cigar-machine roll formed of a spiral-wire coil is shown in Fig. 3, which shows the spirally-wound wire portion r of the roll A provided with an attached solid end piece 1), to which the spring I) and the end section F is attached, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

' It is of course to be understood that we do not limit our invention to the particular form of spring 1) shown and described, as springs other than spiral can be employed; but we deem the spiral spring to be the best adapted for the purpose. Neither do we limit ourselves to the employment of the particular devices shown and described for closing the end sections, it being obvious that the spring for operating said closing devices may be omitted, if desired, -and the devices operated by hand, and also that any other suitable devices may be substituted for closing said endsections, it only being necessary that some suitable means be employed for holding the end sections in their closed position.

WVe claim as our invention 1. A cigar-machine roll provided with an independently-movable end section which is connected to the roll by means of a springjoint, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a cigar-machine roll provided with an independently-movable end section which is connected to the roll by means of a spring-joint, of means, substantially as described, for holding the end section at an inwardly-inclined position against the resilient outward action of the spring of the joint, substantially as described.

WALTER A. PECK.

RICHARD A. BRIGHT. Witnesses:

SOORATES SCHOLFIELD, WILMARTH I-I. THURSTON. 

